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Wednesday, November 26, 2025Regular season · NBA Cup · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed NOP by 15 at halftime and won 133–128.

Final · Cup
DET114
BOS117
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +3
Final · Cup
NYK129
CHA101
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +25; Q3 NYK +23; Q4 NYK +28
Final · Cup
MIL103
MIA106
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +3
Final · Cup
MIN105
OKC113
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +8
Final · Cup
IND95
TOR97
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +2
Final · OT · Cup
MEM133
NOP128
Q1 MEM -14; Q2 MEM -15; Q3 MEM -8; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +5
Final · Cup
HOU104
GSW100
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -12; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +4
Final · Cup
SAS115
POR102
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +13
Final · Cup
PHX112
SAC100
Q1 PHX +25; Q2 PHX +22; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +12
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2024–25Nov 26, 2024: 5 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (MIL @ MIA), 37 points.
The lead · NBA Cup · MEM @ NOP

Memphis rallies from fifteen down at the half, wins in overtime

New Orleans led 68–53 at the break. It was 122–122 after regulation, and Memphis won the extra time 11–6. Final: 133–128. Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14-15-80+5MEM AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MEM2528393011133
NOP392932226128
Who led
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 21, 9, 17, 17, 19, 18, 26, 18, 16, 27MEM27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jaylen WellsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 18, 5, 8, 9, 13, 9, 22, 25MEM25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jose AlvaradoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 8, 18, 6, 2, 5, 8, 16, 24NOP24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 25, 11, 11, 2, 4, 18, 20, 18NOP18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.6Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
30.02024–25 avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 2024–25 (30 games). Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Knicks rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. New York beat Charlotte by 28.

TOR over IND2BOS over DET3MIA over MIL3HOU over GSW4MEM over NOP5OKC over MIN8PHX over SAC12SAS over POR13NYK over CHA28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Cade Cunningham leads the day with 42

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 31, 34, 26, 46, 25, 29, 24, 42DET @ BOS · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Jan 11, 2013: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
42 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 30, 35, 28, 30, 33, 23, 33, 31, 37, 40OKC vs MIN · W
32.6 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Dec 3, 1996: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 9 games: 24, 21, 13, 24, 28, 26, 26, 26, 37SAS @ POR · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 22, 29, 19, 32, 26, 11, 22, 37POR vs SAS · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 27, 24, 19, 33, 29, 26, 35, 33BOS vs DET · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 23, 19, 32, 31, 28, 33, 27, 33NYK @ CHA · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST